Pakistan: Office of NGO target of bomb explosion
Event- Country
- Pakistan
- Initial Date
- Mar 30, 2013
- Final Date
- Mar 30, 2013
- Event Description
On 30 March 2013, a bomb was planted by unidentified militants near the gate of Sawera, an NGO working to promote women's rights. The device, weighing six kilograms, rendered heavy losses to the building, furniture and a vehicle used by the organisation, but no loss of life was reported. "The blast also damaged two other houses in the area," said a police official. Sawera's technical advisor Lal Jan Afridi said the NGO, which stands for Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas, is presently working on voters' education and mobilisation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). He added they are also providing livelihood to displaced persons not residing in refugee camps. Jan said despite the murder of their colleague in Jamrud, Khyber Agency on July 4, 2012, they have continued with their operations fearlessly.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- Sexual Violence
- Rights Concerned
- Women's rights
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 33.98611
Longitude: 71.45694
- Event Location